The Ross Valley representative on the Marin Municipal Water District Board of Directors has announced he is resigning after six years on the panel.

David Behar, 53, of San Anselmo, will resign effective Nov. 10. Behar is moving to Corte Madera, where both his children are attending school, and will no longer live within the boundaries of MMWD Division 3, which he represents.

"It's very hard to leave," Behar said. "I feel like I have added value in the area of finances and there is more to do. I still hope to contribute as a member of the community."

Behar was first elected to the board in November 2006. He was re-elected in November 2010 and his term runs though December 2014.

Behar served as chairman of the district's Communications Committee, the Lagunitas Creek Technical Advisory Committee and the Pine Mountain Tunnel Citizens Advisory Committee. In 2008 and again over the past two years, he served as chairman of the Finance Committee.

Division 3 encompasses the San Geronimo Valley, Canon Village, Village West, Fairfax, Hawthorne Hills, San Anselmo, Ross, portions of Larkspur, Greenbrae and Kentfield north of Corte Madera Creek, and watershed land north of Fairfax-Bolinas Road.

The board has up to 60 days to appoint a new director to represent Division 3 for the remainder of Behar's current term once his resignation is official. The board plans to begin that process when it meets Nov. 7.